Carpaṭa pañjarikāstotra, circa 1650-1800.
चर्पटमञ्जरिकास्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarācārya, attributed name.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hinduism--Prayers and devotions.

Hinduism.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Puja (Hinduism).

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Krishna.

Hindu philosophy.

Genre:

poems

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Prayers.

Devotional literature.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 23 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 418

Other Title:

Bhaja govinda.

Place of Publication:

circa 1650-1800.

१६५०-१८००.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

8th-century Indian philosopher and commentator, primarily known for his works in Sanskrit, who belonged to the Advaita Vedānta school of Hindu philosophy. The text is attributed to Śaṅkarācārya (f. 2r).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for private or public recitation or prayer in praise of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa. Text thought to contain a synthesis or essence of the Vedanta philosophy of Śaṅkara.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r); alternate title Bhaja govinda found throughout text in verse.

Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated [1-2], lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarācāryaviracitacarpaṭamaṃjarikāstotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // (f. 2r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1773 (UP 418).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 418

OCLC:

838604246